Procmail-3.22
Introduction to Procmail
The Procmail package contains an autonomous mail processor. This
is useful for filtering and sorting incoming mail.
Installation of Procmail
Install Procmail by running the following commands:
make BASENAME=/usr install &&
make install-suid |
Command explanations
BASENAME=/usr: The equivalent of ./configure --prefix=/usr on other package installations.
make install-suid: Modifies permissions of
the installed files.
Configuring Procmail
Config files
/etc/procmailrc,
~/.procmailrc
Configuration Information
Recipes have to be written and placed in your
~/.procmailrc for execution. The procmailex man
page is the starting place to learn how to write recipes.
Contents
The Procmail package contains procmail, formail, lockfile and mailstat.
Description
procmail
procmail is an autonomous mail processor. It performs
all the functions of a MDA (Mail Delivery Agent).
formail
formail is a filter that can be used to format mail
into mailbox format.
lockfile
lockfile is a utility that can lock a file for single
use interactively or in a script.
mailstat
mailstat prints a summary report of mail that has been
filtered by procmail since the last time
mailstat was ran.